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Any more input? Supplement advice? Is three months enough time to get ripped or should I start sooner? Any other cutting routines recommended?

Ok so here's the deal. I bet my sister's boyfriend a thousand bucks that I would have a better body than him by August. My strength is that it's been a few years since I lifted regularly so I will...

I can almost guarantee that it's genetics. Only thing that will fix something like that is plastic surgery. Your body doesn't ever make new muscle cells, it just makes the cells you have bigger...

So what's the best way to determine BF% then? Calipers don't take into account genetics - because people store fat in different places. Is it already known in these circles that those type of...

I'm 5'9 and a little.

Here's my 5RM list with weights:

M W F M W F

Squat 175 ...

Sorry I should have been clearer. I started with a cutting cycle until my vacation ended. Then I tried to continue the program I was on - while still cutting calories and I didn't feel like I was...

Yeah I doubted the 8% part too. I'm just going by this handheld unit my gym has that apparently can measure your body fat by sending a current through you.

Sorry it took me so long to get these up. I've been pretty busy.

Anyway the first two photos are when I first started back in mid February. I weighed about 170 pounds, and thought I was in a lot...

Started at 160lb 8% BF 5 weeks ago. Now on week 5 of the HST program I weigh 174 pounds, my BF% is 8.2 as of yesterday, and my arms have grown from 13 7/8 to 14 3/4 in that time period. I don't fit...

Your arms are really that big? Mike Mentzer only had 18 and 1/2 inch arms and those were considered his best feature, so 17 and change is huge.

Surgeons can also do more harm than good. If I were facing surgery I'd try everything I could to avoid it. Chiropractic adjustments are generally benign enough, especially when you go to a...

But I think what I'm really asking is - how easy is it to maintain? Are there specific workouts here designed for that sort of thing - different rep/set ranges etc., or could you pretty much do a...

I know the idea of being satisfied with the mass you have is foreign to a lot of people here but there must be at least some people doing intentional mainenance work out there.

Just looking to keep this thread alive a bit longer. I've been really obsessed with the potential for injury lately and want to continue collecting as much veteran advice as possible.

I work in...

I'm 5'9", 163 lbs (8% BF) and I'd like to one day be about 190 lbs. Once I reach this goal I'd like to bounce between 5-10% BF (ripped when on vacation etc., and some slight padding for the times...

I didn't know what it was. I was about to go to the GI doc it was getting so bad. 3 weeks of nonstop bloating and gas. Finally it dawned on me that it could be all those protein shakes I was...

Thanks - I just bought "Beyond Bodybuilding." Looks pretty good. I also bought Stuart McRobert's "The Insider's Tell-All Handbook on Weight-Training Technique." Seemed to get a lot of promising...

2 quick things you can do to check for rotator cuff injury. First is to extend both arms out in front of you and medially rotate both hands inward so that the backs of your hands are pointing...

I just developed crepitus in my knees when I started doing squats. I hear my knees crackling every time I walk up stairs for instance. No pain associated with it but it's definitely new. I'm...

I get that popping sound too - also when I do the military press. I think it started doing that after I tore my rotator cuff several years back. Now I can reproduce the pop at will just by...